US Wins Race 13; Needs 6 Races to Keep the Cup

SAN FRANCISCO (LOG NEWS SERVICE) -- Emirates Team New Zealand’s hopes of winning the America’s Cup were thwarted again Sept. 20, this time by the clock. Instead of winds gusting over the safety limit causing a race to be postponed, it was the light winds on San Francisco Bay that did them in.

The Kiwis led in Race 13 on Sept. 20 by more than 1,000 yards on the second downwind leg when the 40-minute time limit for the race expired and the race was abandoned. The Kiwis had only about 1 nautical mile remaining to the finish when the limit expired.